Road divides residents on community lines near Tiruvannamalai
The Hindu
Police personnel from 4 districts deployed to ensure peace
The usual silence in Veeralur, a sleepy village on the foothills of Jawadhu Hills near Tiruvannamalai town, was disturbed on Monday, by the sound of marching boots of a large contingent of police personnel, who were called in after residents were divided among themselves, on community lines, about allowing the dead from a marginalised community to be carried on the village’s main road to the graveyard.
Anger simmered among majority of the residents, including caste Hindus, since January 11 (Tuesday), when a person from Arundhathiyar caste died in their colony within the village.
The Arundhathiyars wanted to carry the body through the one-km-long main road instead of travelling through 1.5-km-long traditional route that is away from the village.

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